Adolescents as agents of healthful change through scientific literacy development: A school-university partnership program in New Zealand

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 5 Odds ratio (95% CI), awareness of associations between nutrition and health across the life course male compared to female responses

Statement	Time	OR (male cf. female)	95% CI	χ²(1)	p
12.The food a woman eats when she is pregnant affects the health of her baby	T0	0.6	0.4–1.4	2.908	.088
	T2	0.7	0.4–1.3	1.421	.699
	T4	0.6	0.4–1.1	2.421	.629
13. The food a woman eats when she is pregnant affects the health of her baby when it is grown up	T0	2.2	1.3–3.8	8.834	.003*
	T2	1.3	0.8–2.3	1.139	.286
	T4	2.2	1.3–3.8	8.417	.004*
14. The food a father eats will affect the health of his children when they are babies	T0	3.0	1.8–5.2	16.865	< .001*
	T2	2.2	1.3–3.7	8.626	.003*
	T4	2.9	1.7–4.9	14.907	< .001*
15. The food a father eats will affect the health of his children when they grow up	T0	2.6	1.6–4.5	12.988	< .001*
	T2	1.8	1.1–3.1	5.174	.023*
	T4	2.7	1.6–4.7	13.797	< .001*
16. It is important for me to eat healthy food now	T0	0.5	0.3–0.8	6.463	.011*
	T2	0.9	0.5–1.7	0.061	.805
	T4	0.5	0.3–0.9	4.699	.030*
17. The food I eat now will affect my health in the future	T0	0.8	0.4–1.3	0.924	.337
	T2	0.7	0.4–1.2	1.835	.176
	T4	1.1	0.6–1.9	0.061	.805
18. The food I eat now will affect my health of any children I have in the future	T0	2.1	1.2–3.5	7.550	.006*
	T2	1.4	0.8–2.2	1.517	.218
	T4	1.8	1.1–3.1	5.091	.024*

The effect of gender on responses was measured using ordinal logistic regression with proportional odds
T0 pre-intervention, T2 6–12 weeks post-intervention, T4 12 months post-intervention
*Significant (α = 0.05)